CHÂTEAU D'IF

Scary place built to defend Marseilles against marauders & turned into a French Alcatraz to lock up wicked Protestants...

Saw it for the first time in 1961 when we sailed into the old port to unload tea & jute from India & Bangladesh.

Saw it for the second time this afternoon from the helicopter covering le Tour de France - yes, I watched Chris Froome confirm his yellow jersey for tomorrow's romp up the Champs Élysées...